Rye Brook small-plane crash probed

11:41 PM,
Nov. 17, 2012

A small plane crash-landed less than a mile south of Westchester County Airport around midnight Friday.

Written by

James O?Rourke

A small plane that crash-landed less than a mile south of Westchester County Airport around midnight Friday was hauled to the airport Saturday morning while authorities investigated.

The aircraft, which is registered to the Westchester Flying Club in Purchase, appeared to have clipped trees bordering the Reckson Executive Park on International Drive, off King Street, and landed hard on its belly.

The pilot, an Eastchester man whom police have not named, was alone in the plane and suffered head lacerations but was conscious when he landed, police said. He called Harrison police for help ...